Chiluba was accused of stealing about $500,000 to support his extravagant lifestyle when he served his two term from 1991 - 201 after defeating Zambia's first President, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, in Zambia's first multi-party elections.

But China built the line, between 1970 and 1975, at the behest of two African leaders: Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, who wanted to open up the remote south of his country and bolster his pan-African credentials; and President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, whose landlocked country was seeking an alternative to the trade routes south through white-ruled Rhodesia.

The Panel of the Wise can play an important role in counseling and advising the parties concerned to adhere strictly, strictly to the electoral code of conduct, and to commit themselves to accepting the results of elections that have been duly declared to be free and fair, said Kaunda.